undersized
adjective
un·der·sized
ˌən-dər-ˈsīzd 
variants
or less commonly undersize
: of a size less than is common, proper, normal, or average
undersized trout
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Examples of undersized in a Sentence
He is undersized for a basketball player.
though a football all-star in high school, he was just a mediocre, undersized player at the college level
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The 6-foot-2, 180-pound guard has been the undersized, unoffered recruit out of North Carolina State’s base of Raleigh.
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NBC News, 7 Apr. 2024
The exhausted, jet-lagged, undersized Aztecs climbed into the ring against the NCAA Tournament’s No. 1 overall seed in the Sweet 16, took their swing and ended up on their backs just like UConn’s previous eight opponents in the Big Dance.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2024
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NBC News, 7 Apr. 2024
The exhausted, jet-lagged, undersized Aztecs climbed into the ring against the NCAA Tournament’s No. 1 overall seed in the Sweet 16, took their swing and ended up on their backs just like UConn’s previous eight opponents in the Big Dance.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2024
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“Undersized.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/undersized. Accessed 3 May. 2024.
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undersized
adjective
un·der·sized
ˌən-dər-ˈsīzd
: smaller than is usual or standard
undersized fruit
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